Technology
European High Speed Rail Gets A Boost
High speed rail receives an important vote of confidence from Spain and France.
Rural Areas And The Internet
Internet penetration has grown in rural communities, but the gap between them and suburban and urban communities has remained constant over time.
E-Government & Planning Profiles: Public Participation Tools
Web-based tools to facilitate communication, data sharing, analysis, and public input in the planning process will be pervasive in planning within the next several years.
GIS in the Public Spotlight
An 'introduction' to GIS, including its debatable limitations and benefits, from garbage pick-up to homeland security.
The Next Silicon Valley?
Portland's Linux geeks are digging in for a battle against Seattle's Microsoft.
CNN Looks At Lack Of Highway Funding
CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight features a segment on the lack of attention given to highway funding in the U.S.
Citywide Fiber-optic Ring To Aid Economic Development
Provo, UT City Council approves $39.5 million to build citywide fiber-optic system.
Wetlands Spy Cam
Massachusetts uses digitized arial photos to police wetlands encroachment.
Hydrogen Highways
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to speed California drivers to a future in which hydrogen, instead of petroleum, will power their cars.
Wireless Street Lamps For Traffic Monitoring
A UK effort to provide wireless Internet access may end up being used to control traffic.
An Office Away From Home (But Not At The Office)
Telework centre offers best of the office and home while shortening commute times and feelings of isolation
Segway Clones Hit The Street
The 'Rad2Go Electric Chariot' is a $1,000 knock-off of the Segway, but without the gyroscope.
Is Your City A Wi-Fi Leader?
Wireless networking is expanding fast, but who will pay for public hotspots?
Designing An Earthquake-Proof Village
An MIT architecture professor and two students designed and built a 'microvillage' that offers instant community in devastated areas.
Would You Drink Purified Sewage?
Can a thermodynamic engineer convince people to drink purified sewage?
Statistics On Local Government GIS Use
About 97 percent of local governments with populations of at least 100,000 and 88 percent of those between 50,000 and 100,000 people use GIS technology.
U.S.-Mexican Border: Biometrics' Impact On Transportation Flow
Adding even a few seconds more to inspection times at the U.S.-Mexican border could impact tourism and commerce. Are Biometrics the answer?
NASA Satellites Watch World's Cities Grow
Researchers used NASA's Landsat satellite to measure and analyze urban growth among a global cross-section of 30 mid-sized cities during the 1990s. [Includes photos.]
Are Cities Changing Local And Global Climates?
Urban areas, with all their asphalt, buildings, and aerosols, are impacting local and global climates.
A Wireless City
The largest wireless deployment in the nation promises to bring broadband Internet access to an entire city.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
City of Moreno Valley
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
City of Cambridge, Maryland
